Women in Tech?
Technology is a very male dominated industry. In 2023 74% of employees were male and within the field of AI where I spend most of my time, women still only account for around 22% of the workforce. Gender pay gaps are real and despite the many amazing initiatives out there, I still don't think we do a good enough job of inspiring young girls to excel in STEM subjects. In fact, at the current pace of change it will take over 130 YEARS until the economic gender gap is closed. [More stats here].
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For the majority of my career my bosses (and their bosses) have been women. I've also coached more women than men over the last few years and in my experience, women are usually better storytellers. Some of that is biological and has to do with the higher levels of oxytocin that women have naturally, and generally speaking, that is often why women have a greater capacity for empathy; the most important skill for any communicator.
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But despite that, whenever you see lists of "inspirational storytellers", tech leaders and keynote speakers, the examples are predominantly male. I've been as guilty of this as anyone. So, on January 1st 2024 I set myself a challenge:
Watch one presentation from an impressive female tech leader each day for 100 days and post them on this page.
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** Bookmark this page for whenever you feel like listening to an amazing storyteller you might not have heard before **
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[UPDATE: TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024 - 30% of the leaders are female. Small steps. But progress...]
01/01 Mira Murati.
Bloomberg's Emily Chang interviewing Open AI's CTO Mira Murati. They discuss AI models, ethics, bias, hallucinations and the future of work. [24 mins]
02/01 Dr. Talia Gershon.
IBM researcher Dr. Talia Gershon explaining Quantum Computing in 5 levels of difficulty. A brilliant display of speaking with clarity and brevity about an incredibly complex topic. [19 mins]
03/01 Cleo Abram.
Cleo Abram hosts an "optimistic show about technology" on YouTube called "Huge *if True". This episode goes behind the scenes of IBM's Quantum research lab with MKBHD. [18 mins]
04/01 Dr. Rana el Kaliouby.
Author of Girl Decoded and CEO of Affectiva, this is Egyptian-American computer scientist Rana el Kaliouby on how we should humanise technology before it dehumanises us. [28 mins]
05/01 Joy Buolamwini.
Joy Buolamwini is a "poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence". This is Joy in conversation with Open AI's Sam Altman. [70 mins]
06/01 Daniela Braga.
Daniela Braga is CEO of Defined.AI, the largest marketplace of ethically sourced training data for AI. This is one of her keynotes from 2023 on ethical AI and the future of generative-AI. [59 mins]
07/01 Kieran Snyder.
Kieran Snyder (CEO & Co-Founder of Textio) podcast episode on how generative-AI will impact teams and what we can do to mitigate the impact of biased AI. [48 mins]
08/01 Dr. Margaret Mitchell.
Dr. Margaret "Meg" Mitchell is Chief Ethics Scientist at Hugging Face. She founded Google’s Ethical AI Group and is a pioneer in the field of Machine Learning. [11 mins]
09/01 Clara Shih.
Clara Shih is CEO of Salesforce AI and former CEO of Hearsay Social. This great fireside chat discusses V2MOM's and companies as a platform for change. [21 mins]
10/01 Jennifer Eberhardt.
Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt is professor of psychology at Stanford university. In this important TED she debates how racial bias works (in society and technology) and how to disrupt it. [14 min]
11/01 Liv Boeree.
Liv Boeree is a science communicator and former Poker champion. In this short TEDAI talk from October 2023 she discusses "the dark side of competition in AI". [12 mins]
12/01 Timnit Gebru.
Timnit is computer scientist working in algorithmic bias who was fired by Google after she raised concerns about their technology. Pod: Tech Won't Save Us. [63 mins]
13/01 Subalekha Udayasankar.
Subalekha is a developer for Project Lantern (a Wi-fi solution to help areas affected by natural disasters). "Empathy is a key part of creation...". From Code + Response movie. [10 mins - from 30:00]
14/01 Galit Ariel.
Dr. Galit Ariel is one of the world's top emerging technology speakers. As an AR evangelist she talks in this Nokia feature about how we will ALL be using AR by 2025. [10 mins]
15/01 Fei-Fei Li.
Fei-Fei Li is co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. After this clip, watch her TED or any of her fireside chats. [2 mins]
16/01 Whitney Wolfe Herd.
Whitney is the founder of Bumble and co-founder of Tinder. This conversation with Emily Chang covers what it takes to truly create a safer space online and how AI will revolutionise online dating. [24 mins]
17/01 Hannah Fry.
Mathematician Hannah Fry is an outstanding communicator. I loved her book Hello World and this documentary on the art of winning is well worth an hour of your time. [59 mins]
18/01 Sasha Luccioni.
Dr. Sasha Luccioni is AI & climate lead at Hugging Face and writer for MIT Tech Review. This is her provocative TED talk (1M+ views) from October 2023 on why AI is dangerous. [10 mins]
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19/01 Kate Soule.
Kate Soule oversees the responsible training and development of large language models for IBM's data platform. She helped build this brilliant FREE course on Gen-AI. [9 mins - Full program 2hrs]
20/01 Indra Nooyi.
Indra Nooyi (former CEO of PepsiCo) speaking at Google about her life, her career, family balance and our future amid a world of disruption and digital transformation. [56 mins]
21/01 Melanie Perkins.
Melanie Perkins of the Australian co-founder of Canva. With a net worth of over $3.6Bn she has pledged to give most of it away to charity. Here's why... [9 mins]
23/01 Surbhi Sarna.
Surbhi Sarna is Y-Combinator's first healthcare and biotech focused Group Partner. This is her story about building her biotech company from nothing and selling it for $275M. [12 mins]
24/01 Anne Boden.
Anne Boden is a Welsh tech entrepreneur. She is the founder and former CEO of Starling Bank. DOAC conversation about building a $1.5Bn business against all the odds. [92 mins]
25/01 Leah Busque.
Leah Busque founded TaskRabbit in 2008. In this keynote from 99U she shares 5 lessons she learned from building TaskRabbit from the ground up (and then selling it to IKEA). [24 mins]
26/01 Alice Zhang.
Alice Zhang is the founder and CEO of Verge Genomics - a biotech company that uses AI to transform drug discovery. This short intro from Forbes will inspire you to learn more. [3 mins]
27/01 Julia Hartz.
Julia Hartz (founder of Eventbrite) giving an excellent keynote about creating connections in the age of AI and unlocking the power of multi-platform storytelling. [21 mins]
28/01 Ana Paula Assis.
Ana Paula De Jesus Assis is GM of IBM EMEA. She recently sponsored this new study about Female Leadership in the World of AI that is well worth a read. [10 min read]
29/01 Jennifer Lee.
Jennifer Lee is Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney animation studios. She turned her lack of confidence into an asset, showcasing it in the characters of her movies, such as Frozen & Wish. [20 mins]
30/01 Mara Pometti.
Mara Pometti is an “AI-Savvy humanist” and AD of AI Strategy & Governance at McKinsey. She preaches "data first, AI second" and encourages business leaders to think more like scientists. [5 min read]
01/02 Eleonore Fournier-Tombs.
Eleonore was voted top 100 brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2023. She works as an AI researcher at United Nations University where she lectures in accountable AI. Follow her on Linkedin. [55 mins]
02/02 Tania Boler.
Tania Boler founded Elvie - "a fitbit for your lady bits" and the world’s first silent wearable breast pump. All her interviews are great, but this is the playful 45-second pitch that she built Elvie on. [1 min]
03/02 Sukhi Jutla.
Sukhi founded Market Orders in 2016, a platform to connect retailers to independent jewellery makers - and the bestselling author of Escape the Cubicle: Quit The Job You Hate. [12 mins]
04/02 Nancy Giordana.
Nancy Giordana is an exponential strategist, co-founder of Femme Futurists Society and the author of LeaderING - a playbook of human-centric innovation and regenerative solutions. [11 mins]
05/02 Catriona Wallace.
Dr. Catriona Wallace is the author of Checkmate Humanity, Adjunct Professor at Australia's UNSW Business School and founder of Responsible Metaverse Alliance. [21 mins]
06/02 Julie Sweet.
Julie Sweet is the charismatic CEO of Accenture Consulting, former attorney and (according to The New York Times) "one of the most powerful women in corporate America". [39 mins]
07/02 Francesca Vasquez.
Francessca Vasquez is VP of Professional Services at Amazon Web Services. In this AWS re:Invent 2023 keynote she gives her PoV on building generative-AI into the fabric of your business. [53 mins]
08/02 Nguyen Quynh Tram.
Ms. Nguyen Quynh Tram is the country General Manager of Microsoft Vietnam. In this short lecture she shares her thoughts on the philosophy of work and innovation. [13 mins]
09/02 Miranda Ratajski.
Miranda Ratajski is the CIO of Westpac. In this short speech from 2023 TechDiversity awards in Sydney, she explains how to win in life (and business). [9 mins]
10/02 Jessica Apotheker.
What will happen to marketing in the age of AI? That's the question Jessica Apotheker (MD of BCG) answered in this short but punchy TED talk from Dec 2023. [10 mins]
11/02 Asu Ozdagalar.
Asu Ozdagalar is the Head of Computer Science at MIT. This excellent lecture from January 2024 explores the promises and potential obstacles when we ask AI to help us to make decisions. [65 mins]
12/02 Francesca Cornelli.
Francesca Cornelli is the dean of Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. In this short fireside chat with Linkedin news she discusses the role of empathy in communications. [9 mins]
13/02 Senta Cermakova.
Senta Cermakova is the CEO and co-founder of Inspiruj.se, an educational startup in Generative-AI. Listen to her TEDx talk about why big companies need "Innovation Kindergartens". [15 mins]
14/02 Jana Marlé-Zizková.
Jana Marlé-Zizková is the co-founder of Meiro (customer data platform) and "She Loves Data", a non-profit to help women in the data community to become more successful. [3 mins]
15/02 Lauren Ingram.
Lauren Ingram is the founder of Women of Web3 and ex-Meta. In this keynote from Newconomics 2023 she shares her thoughts on "How to Build a Democratised Next Internet". [11 mins]
16/02 Kathryn Parsons.
Kathryn Parsons is passionate about futur-proofing your career and founder the digital learning platform Decoded to help. Keynote from TNW 2017 - The Future is Written in Lines of Code. [16 mins]
17/02 Suki Fuller.
Suki Fuller is an "analytical storyteller", one of the most influential women in UK tech, with a mission of using tech to elevate humanity. Keynote from Like Minds 2018. [32 mins]
18/02 Louise Hooper.
Louise Cooper, is a human rights barrister passionate about AI Governance & Ethics, technology policy in government, EdTech, drones and supporting UNICEF. She's worth following on Linkedin. [Profile]
19/02 Ruth Morgan.
Ruth Morgan is Vice Dean (Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship) at UCL and founder of UCL Centre for Forensic Sciences. She's also a great communicator as you'll see in the TEDx. [7 mins]
20/02 Reshma Saujani.
Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First. She has been instrumental in empowering women and advocating for gender equality in the tech sector. [12 mins]
21/02 Avye Couloute.
Avye Couloute is one of the most impressive young women you'll ever meet. UK Young Engineer of the Year 2022 she also co-founded Girls Into Coding with her mum Hélène Virolan. [4 mins]
22/02 Kara Swisher.
Kara Swisher has been THE tech journalist since 1994. She's written for every major publication that matters, has a brilliant pod and co-founded the Recode conference. [18 mins]
23/02 Sheridan Ash.
Sheridan Ash is the founder & CEO of Tech She Can and former Tech & Innovation leader at PwC. Listen to her talk about empowering women in tech in this podcast from ForwardLadies. [59 mins]
24/02 Deborah Liu.
Debroah Liu is the CEO of Ancestry.com, former VP at Facebook and author of "Take Back Your Power", a playbook to help women compete on an uneven playing field. [24 mins]
25/02 Andrea Martin.
Andrea Martin is a Distinguished Engineer from Munich and CTO of Ecosystems for the DACH region at IBM. She is passionate about ethical AI and serving the technical community [10 mins]
26/02 Ruth Porat.
Ruth Porat is the CFO of Alphabet & Google, former CFO of Morgan Stanley and one of the world's most powerful business leaders (Forbes). Fireside chat from Stanford Business School. [55 mins]
27/02 Anca Dragan.
Anca Dragan is a professor at Berkley & Head of AI Safety at Google DeepMind. This pod w/ Lex Fridman goes long but it's worth it to hear Anca talk about her work on human-robot interaction. [98 mins]
28/02 Alison Gopnik.
Alison Gopnik is a professor of Philosophy at Berkeley where she works on cognitive development. I think you'll enjoy "How does a child's mind inform AI research?" [9 mins]
29/02 Caroline A. Jones.
Caroline A. Jones is an art historian who teaches architecture at MIT. I heard about her in the book 25 Ways of Looking at AI talking about "The Artistic Use of Cybernetic Beings". [14 mins]
01/03 Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon.
Dr. Imafidon is the CEO of Stemettes - an amazing initiative I've had the pleasure of working with. Watch her showreel and any of her interviews. She's an inspiration for young women and tech leaders. [2 mins]
02/03 Frances X. Frei.
Frances Frei is the professor of Tech & Operations at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates organizational change and the cultural impact of gaining (and losing) trust. [15 mins]
03/03 Tamara Lohan.
Tamara Lohan MBE is the Founder & CEO of the exclusive travel club Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I think you'll enjoy watching Tamara tell her story in this keynote from Marketing Rockstars. [20 mins]
04/03 Ginni Rometty.
Ginni Rometty was the CEO of IBM for 8 years. I was always a big fan since she encouraged me to join her company. Her autobiography "Good Power" as a playbook for future CEO's. [57 mins]
05/03 Melinda Gates.
Melinda Gates featured on one of my first one pagers. I was inspired by this TED talk where she talked about how the power of storytelling literally can change the world. [17 mins]
06/03 Josette Sheeran.
Josette Sheeran coined the phrase "Silent Tsunami" in this keynote about ending world hunger; something she knew a thing or two about as Director of the World Food Programme. [19 mins]
07/03 Jodie Cook.
Jodie Cook is a competitive power lifter, entrepreneur and the founder of Coachvox AI, a chatbot trained on your own personality to help you engage new audiences. [110 mins]
08/03 Sophie Devonshire.
Sophie Devonshire is the CEO of Marketing Society, keynote speaker, event host and author of Superfast. She's passionate about building future leaders "at speed". [Showreel]
09/03 Rav Bumbra.
Rav Bumbra has been one of the most influential women in UK Tech since 2017 and was recognised as the Tech Woman of the Year at the European Diversity Awards 2023. [18 mins]
10/03 Prof Amanda Kirby.
Professor Amanda Kirby is co-founder & CEO of Do-It Solutions, a tech-for-good company that supports neurodiverse individuals in education, justice, and employment. [7 mins]
11/03 Dr. Magda Chelly.
Dr. Magda Chelly is a global leader in cyber security and the MD of Responsible Cyber who has a crush on Zinedine Zidane... [17 mins]
13/03 Louise Herring.
Louise Herring is the AI leader at McKinsey's QuantumBlack innovation studios. Here is Louise chairing a panel on "From Profit to Planet: How analytics can help business decarbonise". [46 Mins]
14/03 Elaine Parr.
Elaine Parr is the consumer product and retail leader at IBM. A self confessed FMCG geek, Elaine loves nothing more than analysing supermarket layouts, PoS and consumer experiences. [17 mins]
15/03 Nancy Duarte.
I wouldn't be doing what I do today if it wasn't for Nancy Duarte. as THE global leader in business storytelling and co-founder of Duarte inc. she helps leaders to tell better DataStories. [18 mins]
16/03 Helen Tupper.
Helen Tupper is the brilliant co-author of the best sellers You Coach You & The Squiggly Career. A goldmine of advice for tech leaders working in a changing world, she's someone you need to know. [9 Mins]
17/03 Sarah Ellis.
Sarah Ellis is Helen Tupper's partner in crime and the co-founder of Amazing Ifyou. Podcast host and best selling author, this is her telling the story of how she founded Amazing If. [11 mins]
18/03 Dr. Bijna Kotak.
Following 20 years in Global Capital Markets, Dr. Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who focuses on ESG, FinTech, Generative AI, Technology [39 mins]
19/03 Amy Brown.
Amy Brown is on a mission to help humans understand other humans better. As a former COO and now CEO of software company Authenticx she advocates for more empathy in science & tech. [33 Mins]
20/03 Ulrika Jägare.
Ulrika Jägare is the Head of AI at Scania in Sweden and has authored 9 books on AI & data science for Wiley. I enjoyed here 2022 book Operating AI.
21/03 Stephanie Hare.
Stephanie Hare is the author of ethics guide Technology is Not Neutral - how to create and use tools and technologies to maximize benefits and minimize harms. [14 mins]
22/03 Kate Crawford.
Kate Crawford is a research professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and author of Atlas of AI - a great book to help you shape how you think about AI. [48 mins]
23/03 Hélène Virolan.
Hélène Virolan is a social entrepreneur and director of Girls into Coding - a wonderful company focused on getting more girls to engage in STEM. [2 mins]
24/03 Michelle Gyimah.
Michelle Gyimah is a pay gaps strategist who helps engineering and energy firms to understand their pay gaps + focus on the right metrics which saves time and money. [38 mins]
25/03 Clare Barclay.
Clare Barclay is CEO of Microsoft UK. She's on the board of British Heart Foundation and is poasionate about helping young women succeed in the tech industry. [35 mins]
26/03 Beth Galetti.
Beth Galetti is the SVP of People & Tech at Amazon. With a background in engineering, HR, logistics and tech, she's an excellent role model to inspire any future tech leader [3 mins]
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27/03 Ursula Koski.
Ursula Koski is CTO at AWS. This fireside chat is taken from Ursula's "She Works in Tech" career day broadcast where she shares the interests, inspirations and career advice. [54 mins]
28/03 Tanja Rueckert.
Tanja Rueckert is the Chief Digital Officer at Bosch. This is a clip from her press conference in 2023 where she talks about quantum sensors that save lives. [5 mins]
29/03 Safra Catz.
Safra Catz is CEO of Oracle. This is her mainstage keynote from CloudWorld2023 where she talks about putting customer success at the heart of everything. [75 mins]
30/03 Robyn Denholm.
Robyn Denholm is the chairman of Tesla, an operating partner at Australian investment firm Blackbird and a passionate advocate of strong female role models. [1 min]
31/03 Karine Brunet.
Karine Brunet is CEO of Cloud and Infrastructure Services at Capgemini. A very smart lady, she holds three master’s degrees (Marketing, Economic Sciences & European Management). [3 mins]
01/04 Miriam Murphy.
Miriam Murphy has worked in tech for over 25 years. She is the European CEO of IT consultancy NTT Data. I love how much she promotes "clarity of mission and quality of communication". [7 mins]
02/04 Suzanne Dann.
Suzanne Dann is the Americas CEO of consulting firm Wipro. A former VP at IBM, Suzanne is a passionate advocate for responsible and ethical AI. [35 mins]
03/04 Jennifer Bailey.
20-year Apple veteran Jennifer Bailey is VP of Apple Pay & Apple Wallet who took over Apple Pay in 2014 with the goal of making it possible for iPhone users to leave their wallets at home. [27 mins]
04/04 Roshni Nadar.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra is a billionaire businesswoman, philanthropist and the chairperson of HCL Technologies. She was the first woman to lead a listed IT company in India. [15 mins]
05/04 Katherine Ainley.
Katherine Ainley is CEO (UKI) Ericsson. In this lunch'n'learn video, Katherine talks about the future of technology, AI and cloud computing. [17 mins]
06/04 Mitra Best.
Mitra Best is a partner and Technology Impact Leader at PwC. Her 25+ year consulting career has been dedicated to leveraging emerging technologies to address critical societal problems. [25 mins]
07/04 Agathe Bousquet.
Ararthe Bousquet is the French president of $10Bn advertising & PR company Publicis Group. This short clip shows her passion for bolstering female representation in business. [2 mins]
08/04 Jenni Lukander.
Jenni Lukander is the Finnish president of Microsoft-owned Nokia Technologies. In her role she manages their patent portfolio and finds innovative eways to monetize them. [27 mins]
09/04 Zahra Bahrololoumi.
Zahra Bahrololoumi is the CEO of Salesforce UKI. This 5 minute clip is a bit of a showreel but shows a little of Zahra's excitement when talking about the future of work. [5 mins]
10/04 Nicola Hodson.
Nicola Hodson is the General Manager of UKI for IBM and Deputy President at TechUK. This podcast episode is worth a listen to hear Nicola talk about the challenges of AI adoption. [28 mins]
11/04 Hanna Hennig.
Hanna Hennig is CIO of Simens AG, the $85Bn German technology company. This is her keynote from Web Summit 2022 where she talks about how AI is creating a "codeless future". [15 mins]
12/04 Tara Swart.
Tara Swart of MIT Sloan School of Management is a neuroscientist who helps tech leaders to perform better. I've read her book Neuroscience for Leadership several times. Tara on DOAC podcast: [120 mins]
13/04 Dr. Kelly Trindel.
Kelly Trindel is Chief Responsible AI Officer at Workday. Her team is responsible for governing the principles, practices, people and public policiy at Workday in regard to RAI. [12 mins]
14/04 Dr. Yinyin Liu.
Yinyin Liu is VP of AI at cloud enablement company Seismic and former Head of Data Science at Intel. In this podcast she discusses trust, ethics and having a career in AI. [39 mins]
15/04 Tara Bunch.
Tara Bunch is Head of Operations at Airbnb and former Vice President of AppleCare at Apple. Watch her lecture at Berkley School of Engineering about taking the road less traveled. [54 mins]
16/04 Rachana Kumar.
Rachana Kumar is CTO of Etsy. Her leadership helps product engineering teams to drive business impact and "have fun"! [18 mins]
17/04 Marianna Tessel.
Marianna Tessel is a very eloquent speaker and a strong leader. EVP of Small Business at Intuit and former CTO, she was instrumental in reshaping their business as a SaaS platform. [18 mins]
18/04 Haiyan Song.
Haiyan Song is EVP and GM of CloudOps at $21Bn enterprise data company NetApp. This is Haiyan speaking at AWS re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas. [17 mins]
19/04 Yvonne Genovese.
Yvonne Genovese is EVP of Global Product Management at analyst firm Gartner, where she has worked for over 20 years. [X mins]
20/04 Jen Felch.
Jen Felch is CDO and CIO at $78Bn Dell Technologies. In this short fireside chat she talks about how CIOs can make a difference and create a lasting impact in their roles. [13 mins]
21/04 Eszter Csapó.
Eszter Csapó is COO / Business Partner at SAP where she leads the end-to-end strategy for the company's global partner ecosystem. Here she is inspiring others by talking about her career journey. [10 mins]
22/04 Jane Connell.
Jane Connell is SVP / CIO at $169Bn telco Verizon and a former executive at State Street Bank and Johnson & Johnson. I love her passion for D&I, especially in STEM.
23/04 Amy Salcido.
Amy Salcido is US President of Kyndryl and the former GM of Travel & Transportation at IBM. In this podcast about great leadership, Amy talks about the power of mentoring. [62 mins]
24/04 Janelle Shane.
Research scientist Janelle Shane is an AI researcher who gave a 3M+ TED talk in 2019 on "The danger of AI is weirder than you think". Great title. Great talk. [10 mins]
25/04 Fei-Fei Li.
Fei-Fei Li is an AI researcher and professor at Stanford University. In 2015 she gave this excellent keynote on how we're teaching AI to understand pictures. [18 mins]
26/04 Kriti Sharma.
Kriti Sharma is a technologist who explores how the lack of diversity in tech is creeping into our AI and in-directly creating bias algorithms. Keynote: "How to keep human bias out of AI". [12 mins]
27/04 Briana Brownell.
I love this 4-minute clip of "Futurist Creator" Briana Brownell talking about how AI learns. She digs into the three basic ways machines investigate, negotiate, and communicate. [4 mins]
28/04 Katherine James.
How will AI change the way you eat your food? That was the question posed by South African computer scientist Katherine James in her keynote at TEDxBrayformPool in 2022. [9 mins]
29/04 Genevieve Bell.
Ethical AI expert Genevieve Bell shares six framing questions to broaden our understanding of future technology and create the next generation of critical thinkers and doers. [14 mins]
30/04 Rosalind Picard.
Rosalind Picard is an AI researcher who has helped develop a cutting-edge smartwatch that can detect epileptic seizures as they occur and alert loved ones nearby in time to help. [16 mins]
01/05 Lucy Farey-Jones.
Lucy Farey-Jones is a strategist who gave this mainstage TED talk in 2019 which asked the audience "How comfortable are you (really) with AI taking over your life?" [6 mins]
02/05 Yejin Choi.
Yejin Choi is a MacArthur fellow and has been named among TIME 100 most influential people in AI. TED2023 Keynote: "Why AI is incredibly smart and shockingly stupid". [13 mins]
03/05 Leila Pirhaji.
Leila Pirhaji is a biotech entrepreneur who has a plan to build an AI-based network to understand how disease develops so that we can discover more effective treatments. [5 mins]
04/05 Zeynep Tufekci.
Zeynep Tufekci is a "techno-sociologist" who challenges us in this TEDSummit 2016 keynote that we should not outsource our responsibilities to machines. [17 mins]
05/05 Frances S. Chance.
Frances S. Chance is a researcher who focuses on understanding how neural networks transform and transmit information in the brain. [10 mins]
06/05 Sheryl Sandberg.
Why do we have too few women leaders? Way back in 2010 Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg started her mission. How are we doing 14 years later? [14 mins]
07/05 Lindsay Levin.
When TED went to consulting firm BCG in 2023 TED's Lindsey Levin (Head of TED Countdown) hosted a firesdie chat about how leaders can't be afraid to disrupt the status quo. [18 mins]
08/05 Sofia Crespo.
Neural artist Sofia Crespo likes to bring to life animals that push the boundaries of creativity and imagination. This wonderful keynote features impossible creatures brought to life by AI. [14 mins]
09/05 Rachel Botsman.
Don't watch this because of the content (it's good but a little dated). Watch it becasue Rachel Botsman is a brilliant presenter. [17 mins]
10/05 Mira Murati.
When you work at OpenAI everyone thinks Sam Altman is the rockstar, but Mira Murati is the real star IMHO. This is Mira giving the recent product update on GPT-4o [26 mins]
11/05 Paige Alexander.
Paige Alexander sharing compelling stories at TEDWomen in 2023 about how access to information is the key to unlocking human rights for all. [9 mins]
12/05 Arianna Huffington.
Arianna Huffington is a co-founder of The Huffington Post which was acquired by AOL for US$315M in 2011. Author of Thrive and a wonderful speaker, this short clip should encourage you to follow her work. [4 mins]
13/05 Maria Winans.
I had the pleasure of working for Kyndryl CMO Maria Winans during her 29-year career at IBM. A native of Chile, Maria is a passionate champion of the Hispanic Latin community. [26 mins]
14/05 Mary Barra.
Mary Barra was the first female CEO of one of the "big three" automotive companies. An inpsiring leader and great communicator, watching her fireside at The Aspen Institute. [51 mins]
15/05 Chanuki Seresinhe.
Dr. Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe is the founder of Beautoful Places AI. She is a data scientist and AI researcher who focuses on how environments influence human wellbeing. [18 mins]
16/05 Tabitha Goldstaub.
Tabitha Goldstaub is the co-founder of CogX, the leadership summit for emerging tech. She was awarded the MBE for her services to artifical intelligence. [20 mins]
17/05 Dr. Alessandra Sala.
Dr. Alessandra Sala is Sr. Director of AI at Shutterstock and co-chair of UNESCO Women for Ethical AI. Her posts are worth following on Linkedin. [51 mins]
18/05 Anne-Laure Thieullent.
Anne-Laure Thieullent has over 20 years experience in large scale big data analytics. Anne-Laure is EVP of data and AI at consulting firm Capgemini. [18 mins]
19/05 Dr. Zoë Webster.
Dr. Zoe Webster is AI consultant who served as the director of data & AI at BT. This is Zoe giving a keynote about the power of AI in Maritime [23 mins]
20/05 Dr. Danielle Belgrave.
Dr. Danielle Belgrave is the VP of AI & machine learning at GSK. I enjoyed this MITxHarvard Women in AI interview about the future of work. [51 mins]
21/05 Katja Hofmann.
Katja Hofmann is senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research. She is currently leading Project Malmo - an AI experiment on Minecraft to develop collaborative AI. [7 mins]
22/05 Esther Choy.
Anyone who has the job title of Chief Story Facilitator is a friend of mine! Ester Choy is the author of Let The Story Do The Work. Her Forbes article on female storytellers is worth a read. [5 mins]
23/05 Dr. Stacy Hobson.
Dr. Stacy Hobson is Director of responsible technologies at IBM Research. Her short presentation about why we need responsible AI is worth 10 minutes of your time. [10 mins]
24/05 Amy Webb.
Each year at SXSW in Austin, Texas, Amy Webb presents her annual Emerging Tech Trends Report. She is a futurist and the author of several great books including The Big Nine. This is her 2024 edition. [68 mins]
25/05 Kelly Chambliss.
Kelly Chambliss is SVP at IBM where she has helped to grow one of the largest technology services businesses in the world. In this WiTalks episode Kelly talks about life, work & tech. [43 mins]
26/05 Elizabeth Stone.
Elizabeth Stone is CTO of Netflix and a graduate of MIT and Stanford University. This is Elizabeth talking about how to build a culture of excellence. [73 mins]
27/05 Jessica Heidt.
Jessica Heidt is one of my storytelling heroines. As script supervisor at Pixar she developed a tool to improve gender diversity within Pixar films, going from Cars 3 (90% male) to Soul (50/50). [18 mins]
28/05 Deanna Marsigliese.
Deanna Marsigliese is a wonderfully talented and beautifully stylish Art Director at Pixar. Watch her Inside Pixar episode on Disney+ and check out her showreel here. [2 mins]
29/05 Angelique Reisch.
Angelique Reish is a lighting artist at Pixar. She uses "colour scripts" to show the mood of a film to better understand how audiences will feel when they watch it. Watch her on episode 15. [1 min]
30/05 Jane Connell.
Jane Connell is SVP & CIO of Verizon. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Jane previously led the highly successful Women’s Leadership Initiative at Johnson & Johnson. [28 mins]
31/05 Nadège Petit.
Nadège Petit is Chief Innovation Office of $124Bn energy management & automation comany Schneider Electric. Here's Nadège giving a keynote at The Innovation Summit. [34 mins]
01/06 Kristie Grinnell.
Kristie Grinnell is SVP & CIO of DXC Technology. She has been campaigning for gender diversity in IT for years. Here's Kristie talking about leadership, transformation and strategy. [24 mins]
02/06 Reshma Saujani.
Reshma Saujani is Founder/CEO of Moms First and Founder of Girls Who Code. I loved her TED talk about teaching girls to be brave, not perfect. [13 mins]
03/06 Joy Builamwini.
Joy Buolamwini is a "poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence" and fight bias in algorithms. [8 mins]
04/06 Crystal Martin.
"Why is it that 41% of women leave the tech field within their tenth year?” asks Crystal Martin at TEDxStLouiseWomen. Crystal is the director of the CoderGirl. [12 mins]
05/06 Cynthia Breazeal.
Cynthia Breazeal is a Roboticist working on the development of robots that behave and learn like people. She asks, “Why can we use robots on Mars but not in our living rooms?”. [13 mins]
06/06 Debbie Starling.
Debbie Sterling founded the GoldieBlox, a STEM-focused company with a mission to inspire young girls to get into engineering through toys and play. [17 mins]
07/06 Keren Elazari.
Keren Elazari introduced me to the concept of hacking as the internet’s immune system. "Although hackers can be bad, they also encourage cyber-security to keep improving. [12 mins]
08/06 Rupal Patel.
Rupal Patel, Founder and CEO of VocaliD, a voice AI company, has made waves in the tech world by creating a unique voice for those with severe speech disorders. [11 mins]
09/06 Jedidah Isler.
Jedidah Isler’s TED talk tells an inspiring story about how she became the first black woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at Yale. It's an empowering and inspirational story. [13 mins]
10/06 Karen Catlin.
Karen Catlin’s TED talk is about how instrumental women are to innovation and new discoveries. “We need women to be shaping the future of tech, but they are not there”. [17 mins]